Kathy Lischke

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Kathy Lischke (earlier Kathy Pierce; Decipher message boards: klischke) was a Star Wars CCG tournament director in Northern Virginia.[1][2] She covered DecipherCon 1999 for Decipher, posting five reports to the DecipherCon: Event Report Board from 11 to 13 November 1999.[3] She playtested the Jedi Knights Trading Card Game (2001).[4] In 1997 she was engaged to Tom Lischke, Decipher's new Rebel Base Leader[1], and by 2000 she was his wife.[5]

Tournament director

Decipher's 1997 "People Like You" page called Kathy Pierce "a Star Wars tournament director".[1] On 19 January 1997 she directed a three-round Swiss Star Wars CCG tournament at Destiny Comics in Fairfax, Virginia. It drew 30 players and was won by Jeffrey Glazer. Half of the entry fees went to Children's Hospital. Her fiancé Tom Lischke filled in to avoid byes and checked rulings.[2]

Decipher NewsFlash
Date Title Subject
22 January 1997 "The Thrill of Tournament Play"[2] Her report on the 19 January 1997 tournament at Destiny Comics, Fairfax, Virginia

DecipherCon 1999 reports

Her reports covered the Star Wars CCG side of the convention. On Thursday she described the last-minute open qualifier. Light Side Force-denial decks there started with Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room and Careful Planning, and used a swamp to pull Nudj. She also noted many objective decks, among them Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi, and Battle Plan as the most common Endor card.[6]

On Friday she reported Joe Alread's win in the Star Wars Ironman tournament, where lost cards went into a shredder. The Japanese Sealed Deck tournament that evening drew more than 140 players.[7][8] On Saturday she named Steven Lewis and Gary Carman as the two finalists of the 1999 Decipher World Championship. Carman had lost his planned decks and built two new ones that morning.[9][10]

Event Report Board posts
Date Title Subject
11 November 1999 "Someone nudj me over, and other stuff we've seen"[6] Decks and popular cards in the Star Wars last-minute open qualifier
12 November 1999 "Joe Alread: Ironman"[7] Joe Alread wins the Star Wars Ironman tournament and a set of uncut Premiere sheets, playing M'iiyoom Onith
12 November 1999 "Japanese Sealed Deck"[8] More than 140 players, each with a Japanese Premiere starter deck, two Premiere boosters and two A New Hope boosters
13 November 1999 "Star Wars: CCG Final Confrontation"[9] Steven Lewis (Yavin IV region) and Gary Carman (Naboo region) reach the World Championship final
13 November 1999 "Necessity is the mother of invention"[10] Carman builds two new decks on the morning of the final

Other Decipher work

Lischke was one of the 31 playtesters credited in the Jedi Knights rulebook.[4] Four Decipher employees set a Guinness World Record on 25–27 May 2002 with a 32-hour The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game marathon. Lischke was among those who brought them food during the weekend.[11]

Service

Dates Service
19 January 1997 Tournament director, Star Wars CCG tournament at Destiny Comics, Fairfax, Virginia[2]
11–13 November 1999 Reporter, DecipherCon: Event Report Board, DecipherCon 1999[3]
2001 Playtester, Jedi Knights Trading Card Game[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars Customizable Card Game: People Like You, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Thrill of Tournament Play", Kathy Pierce, Decipher NewsFlash (22 January 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 DecipherCon: Event Report Board (message list), Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Jedi Knights Trading Card Game rulebook (credits), Decipher (2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  5. ↑ Visiting Decipher, Michael A. Stackpole, stormwolf.com (September 2000 visit). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Someone nudj me over, and other stuff we've seen", Kathy Lischke, DecipherCon: Event Report Board, Decipher (11 November 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Joe Alread: Ironman", Kathy Lischke, DecipherCon: Event Report Board, Decipher (12 November 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Japanese Sealed Deck", Kathy Lischke, DecipherCon: Event Report Board, Decipher (12 November 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Star Wars: CCG Final Confrontation", Kathy Lischke, DecipherCon: Event Report Board, Decipher (13 November 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Necessity is the mother of invention", Kathy Lischke, DecipherCon: Event Report Board, Decipher (13 November 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  11. ↑ Decipher Team Sets Guinness World Record With The Lord of the Rings TCG!, Decipher (September 2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
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